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rupture
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A burst, split, or break. 2 A social breach or break, between individuals or groups. 3 (context medicine English) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle. 4 (context engineering English) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. state of being torn or burst open a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [syn: breach , break , severance , rift , falling out ] the act of making a sudden noisy break v. separate or ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1739, from rupture (n.). Related: Ruptured ; rupturing . Ruptured duck (1945) was U.S. GI's dismissive term (based on its design) for the discharge button they were awarded.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rupture was a social networking site for gamers. Users were able to create profiles and interact with one another with the standard array of social networking tools.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hernia \Her"ni*a\, n.; pl. E. Hernias , L. Herni[ae] . [L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ A pipeline rupture halted supplies of natural gas. ▪ Terrorist attacks led to the rupture of relations between the two countries. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But an inquest heard that the rupture in the blood vessel was ...
Usage examples of rupture.
It was found that the womb had been ruptured and the child killed, for in several days it was delivered in a putrid mass, partly through the natural passage and partly through an abscess opening in the abdominal wall.
Jesus, Murphy thought, not just a reactor scram but a fucking steam leak--a ruptured main steam line had enough energy to roast everyone in the aft compartment.
The explosion blew apart what had been left of the superstructure, taking with it the masts and antennae as the ship erupted into flames amidships, the fire migrating aft to the fuel tanks, where ruptured fuel lines spewed volatile fuel for the gas turbines into the bilges.
The amount of blood in a chest after an aortic rupture has to be defined by a bell-shaped curve.
Monday, but from the gross, it looks like the immediate cause of death was a ruptured aortic valve.
The very large, thin-walled spores escape on the decay of the capsule, which ruptures the archegonial wall irregularly.
ElArish, and after its rupture, and then they can judge of his character.
It then passed anteriorly under the muscles and integument in the axillary space, along the upper third of the humerus, which was extended beyond the head, the external skin not being ruptured.
But, suddenly, other memories returned to him, similar ruptures due to the vindictive character of Madame Bondel, who never pardoned a slight.
Syndrome, the breakout contractions were premature, the tentacle sheaths not filled completely with fluid, so the pressure would rupture the membranes.
Another ceratopsian head smashed against the hull, and this time it ruptured.
The gate valves, designed to seal the coolant system off from a massive pipe rupture, had failed them.
LOSS-OF-COOLANT ACCIDENT Nuclear accident caused by pipe rupture or system failure such that coolant is lost, leading to extreme temperature excursions and probable reactor meltdown.
And it is certain that each has sought to justify, both to himself and to the world, the rupture of a copartnery which ought never to have been formed.
During the operation he is in full possession of all his faculties, and can assist in any way desired by coughing, or straining, in order, at any time, to complete the protrusion of the rupture and show its entire extent of surface when the sac is laid bare.